CN107351215A - A kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing - Google Patents

A kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing Download PDF

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CN107351215A
CN107351215A CN201710806038.1A CN201710806038A CN107351215A CN 107351215 A CN107351215 A CN 107351215A CN 201710806038 A CN201710806038 A CN 201710806038A CN 107351215 A CN107351215 A CN 107351215A
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胡飞
李嘉捷
胡胜梁
莫洁莹
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Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing, the present invention drives the chopper on linear reciprocating mechanism to be moved along a straight line by drive mechanism, and drive device also simultaneously driving sheave mechanism so that drive clamping device thick bamboo tube is just turned an angle after chopper is often once moved back and forth, then chopper can carry out reprocessabilty to the thick bamboo tube on clamping device, obtain the plate face of finished product bamboo furniture.The present invention can accurately be processed to thick bamboo tube, is reduced human error and is scrapped, and improve yields, and limit human hand and tool contact, improve security.

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A kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing
Technical field
The present invention relates to bamboo furniture manufacture field, more particularly to a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing.
Background technology
Bamboo furniture is formed using natural bamboo processing and fabricating, main kind chair, desk, mat, stool etc..Use bamboo The furniture that son is made seems very light and handy, easy to use, cheap, is liked by many people.
At present, in the plate face manufacture craft of bamboo furniture, because its without corresponding to bamboo green grass or young crops right in the face instrument, to artificial experience will Ask very high, precision is not high if making, such that the yields of finished product is relatively low, and safeguard procedures are limited, exist in operating process Certain potential safety hazard.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a kind of equipment is to solve to have higher artificial mistake in the plate face manufacture craft of current bamboo furniture Difference causes the technical problem that yields is low, human hand tool operating has potential safety hazard.
The content of the invention
The embodiments of the invention provide a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing, solves the plate face system of current bamboo furniture Make to cause the technical problem that yields is low, human hand tool operating has potential safety hazard in the presence of higher human error in technique.
The embodiments of the invention provide a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing, including:
Chopper, linear reciprocating mechanism, drive mechanism, Geneva mechanism and clamping device;
The top of the linear reciprocating mechanism is provided with the chopper;
The linear reciprocating mechanism connects with the drive mechanism;
The drive mechanism is connected by the Geneva mechanism with the clamping device;
The clamping device is used to clamp thick bamboo tube, and the chopper is used to carry out reprocessabilty to the thick bamboo tube.
Preferably, a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention also includes:Worm and gear machine Structure;
The linear reciprocating mechanism is connected by the worm-and-wheel gear with the drive mechanism.
Preferably, the back of the chopper is provided with sawtooth;
The linear reciprocation travelling mechanism includes:Disk and pendulum;
The gear teeth are provided with the arc tips of the pendulum, the gear teeth and the sawtooth match;
Dead slot is provided with the balance staff of the pendulum;
Screen post is provided with the disk, the screen post is arranged in the dead slot.
Preferably, the worm-and-wheel gear includes:Worm gear and worm screw;
The disk is connected by timing belt with the worm gear;
The worm gear connects with the worm screw;
One end of the worm screw is connected by gear with the output end of the drive mechanism.
Preferably, the output end of the drive mechanism is connected with the cutaway disk of the Geneva mechanism.
Preferably, a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention also includes:Gear drive machine Structure, drive link;
One end of the drive link is connected with the center of the sheave of the Geneva mechanism;
The other end of the drive link is connected with the gear drive;
The gear drive is connected with the clamp structure.
Preferably, the gear drive includes:First travelling gear, the second travelling gear and the 3rd travelling gear;
First travelling gear is provided with the other end of the drive link;
First travelling gear and second travelling gear engagement;
3rd travelling gear and second travelling gear engagement;
The clamping device is connected with the center of circle of the 3rd travelling gear.
Preferably, the sheave is four indexing sheaves.
Preferably, a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention also includes:Shell;
The linear reciprocating mechanism, the drive mechanism, the Geneva mechanism and the worm-and-wheel gear are all provided with It is placed in the inside of the shell;
The clamping device is arranged at the outside of the shell.
Preferably, the shell opens up fluted, and the groove is used to place the chopper and be oriented to the chopper to carry out Straight reciprocating motion.
As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the embodiment of the present invention has advantages below:
The embodiments of the invention provide a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing, including:Chopper, straight reciprocating motion machine Structure, drive mechanism, Geneva mechanism and clamping device;The top of the linear reciprocating mechanism is provided with the chopper;It is described Linear reciprocating mechanism connects with the drive mechanism;The drive mechanism passes through the Geneva mechanism and the clamping device Connection;The clamping device is used to clamp thick bamboo tube, and the chopper is used to carry out reprocessabilty to the thick bamboo tube.The present invention passes through drive Chopper on motivation structure driving linear reciprocating mechanism is moved along a straight line, and drive device also enter simultaneously by driving sheave mechanism And driving clamping device so that thick bamboo tube just turns an angle after chopper is often once moved back and forth, then chopper can be to folder The thick bamboo tube held on device carries out reprocessabilty, obtains the plate face of finished product bamboo furniture.The present invention can accurately be processed to thick bamboo tube, Reduce human error and scrap, improve yields, and limit human hand and tool contact, improve security.
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In order to illustrate more clearly about the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, below will be to embodiment or existing There is the required accompanying drawing used in technology description to be briefly described, it should be apparent that, drawings in the following description are only this Some embodiments of invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without having to pay creative labor, may be used also To obtain other accompanying drawings according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a kind of internal structure schematic diagram of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of linear reciprocating mechanism;
Fig. 3 is the connection diagram of Geneva mechanism, drive mechanism and clamping device;
Fig. 4 is the motion process schematic diagram of Geneva mechanism;
Fig. 5 is a kind of structural representation of the equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing;
Fig. 6 is process schematic diagram of the equipment to thick bamboo tube;
Fig. 7 is the state change schematic diagram during thick bamboo tube complete machining;
Wherein, marked in figure as follows:
1. the sheave machine of 4. drive mechanism of linear reciprocating mechanism 2. worm-and-wheel gear, 3. gear drive 5. The worm screw of 21. worm gear of structure 6. chopper, 7. pendulum, 8. disk, 9. clamping device, 10. drive link, 11. shell, 12. groove 22. 23. the cutaway disk of 24. gear of timing belt, 33. first 34. second the 3rd travelling gear of travelling gear 35. of travelling gear 51. 52. the screen post of 73. gear teeth of sheave 61. sawtooth, 71. arc tips, 72. balance staff 81.
Embodiment
The embodiments of the invention provide a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing, solves the plate face system of current bamboo furniture Make to cause the technical problem that yields is low, human hand tool operating has potential safety hazard in the presence of higher human error in technique.
To enable goal of the invention, feature, the advantage of the present invention more obvious and understandable, below in conjunction with the present invention Accompanying drawing in embodiment, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, it is clear that disclosed below Embodiment be only part of the embodiment of the present invention, and not all embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, this area All other embodiment that those of ordinary skill is obtained under the premise of creative work is not made, belongs to protection of the present invention Scope.
Refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, an a kind of implementation of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention Example, including:
Chopper 6, linear reciprocating mechanism 1, drive mechanism 4, Geneva mechanism 5 and clamping device 9;
The top of linear reciprocating mechanism 1 is provided with chopper 6, and linear reciprocating mechanism 1 and drive mechanism 4 connect, Drive mechanism 4 is connected by Geneva mechanism 5 and clamping device 9, and clamping device 9 is used to clamp thick bamboo tube, and chopper 6 is used to enter thick bamboo tube Row reprocessabilty.
A kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention also includes:Worm-and-wheel gear;
Linear reciprocating mechanism 1 is connected by worm-and-wheel gear 2 and drive mechanism 4.
It is understood that drive mechanism 4 is by driving worm-and-wheel gear 2 and then linear reciprocating mechanism 1 On chopper 6 carry out straight reciprocating motion.
In the present embodiment, the back of chopper 6 is provided with sawtooth 61, and linear reciprocation travelling mechanism 1 includes:Disk 8 and pendulum Hammer 7 into shape, be provided with the gear teeth 73 in the arc tips 71 of pendulum 7, the gear teeth 73 and sawtooth 61 match, and are provided with the balance staff 72 of pendulum 7 Dead slot, screen post 81 is provided with disk 8, screen post 81 is arranged in dead slot.
Disk 8 persistently rotates, and drives the reciprocally swinging of pendulum 7, and the upper end gear teeth 73 of pendulum 7 engage with the lower end sawtooth 61 of chopper 6 Transmission, so as to realize the straight reciprocating motion in the horizontal of chopper 6 with thick bamboo tube wall of riving.
In the present embodiment, worm-and-wheel gear 2 includes:Worm gear 21 and worm screw 22, disk 8 pass through timing belt 23 and worm gear 21 connections, worm gear 21 and worm screw 22 are connected, and one end of worm screw 22 is connected by gear 24 with the output end of drive mechanism 4.
In the present embodiment, the output end of drive mechanism 4 is connected with the cutaway disk 51 of Geneva mechanism 5.
A kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention also includes:Gear drive 3, transmission Bar 10, one end of drive link 10 are connected with the center of the sheave 52 of Geneva mechanism 5, the other end and the gear drive machine of drive link 10 Structure 3 is connected, and gear drive 3 is connected with clamp structure 9.
In the present embodiment, gear drive 3 includes:First travelling gear 31, the second travelling gear 32 and the 3rd pass Moving gear 33, the first travelling gear 31, the first travelling gear 31 and the second travelling gear are provided with the other end of drive link 10 32 engagements, the 3rd travelling gear 33 and the second travelling gear 32 engage, and the center of circle of the travelling gear 33 of clamping device 9 and the 3rd connects Connect.
Clamping device 9 is combined by gear transmission structure 3 with Geneva mechanism 5, and the Geneva mechanism 5 of lower end can realize intermittence Motion, drive upper end clamping device 9 carry out intermittent rotary, so as to reach chopper 6 make a round trip clamping device 9 drive thick bamboo tube turn The mode of operation of dynamic certain angle.
In the present embodiment, as shown in figure 4, sheave 52 is four indexing sheaves, cutaway disk 51 rotates one week, 52 turns of sheave Dynamic quarter turn, so as to realize the intermittent rotary of clamping device 9.
A kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention also includes:Shell 11;
Linear reciprocating mechanism 1, drive mechanism 4, Geneva mechanism 5 and worm-and-wheel gear 2 may be contained within shell 11 It is internal;
Clamping device 9 is arranged at the outside of shell 11.
Shell 11 opens up fluted 12, and groove 12 is used to place chopper 6 and be oriented to chopper 6 to carry out straight reciprocating motion.
It is the specific of the structure progress to a kind of equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing provided in an embodiment of the present invention above Illustrate, be the process for further illustrating the equipment, refer to Fig. 6.
(1) thick bamboo tube is put into the upper operating area of equipment;
(2) thick bamboo tube is fixed on above chopper by the position for adjusting clamping device;
(3) starting device is turned on the power switch, both sides chopper starts to do traverse motion below thick bamboo tube, is split on thick bamboo tube The wide staggeredly openings of 3mm are opened, while clamping device drives thick bamboo tube to do intermittent rotary;
(4) relative position and processing situation of circle bamboo and chopper are observed;
(5) equipment is completed after all splitting bar process, closes power supply, is unclamped clamping device tool and is taken out thick bamboo tube;
(6) operation finishes.
Refer to Fig. 7:
Process a:Complete one section is gone to save the thick bamboo tube B after the two-way dislocation splitting of raw bamboo cylinder A progress is handled;
Process b:Thick bamboo tube B is subjected to severing and shakeouts processing (instrument:Machete is other) the plate face C that is finally needed.
The embodiment of the present invention possesses advantages below:
1. equipment is more intelligent, dependence of the completeness to artificial experience is reduced;
2. improving circle bamboo wood material prepares accuracy, yields and efficiency in bamboo green grass or young crops right in the face;
3. the equipment of desktop designs reduces the limitation of workplace;
4. equipment is not easy, by loss, to extend the life-span;
5. the present invention is to be designed specifically for manual bamboo green grass or young crops right in the face, takes leave of and there was only pure hand tools under the process conditions Situation.
Described above, the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than its limitations;Although with reference to before Embodiment is stated the present invention is described in detail, it will be understood by those within the art that:It still can be to preceding State the technical scheme described in each embodiment to modify, or equivalent substitution is carried out to which part technical characteristic;And these Modification is replaced, and the essence of appropriate technical solution is departed from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.

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  1. A kind of 1. equipment suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that including:Chopper, linear reciprocating mechanism, driving machine Structure, Geneva mechanism and clamping device;
    The top of the linear reciprocating mechanism is provided with the chopper;
    The linear reciprocating mechanism connects with the drive mechanism;
    The drive mechanism is connected by the Geneva mechanism with the clamping device;
    The clamping device is used to clamp thick bamboo tube, and the chopper is used to carry out reprocessabilty to the thick bamboo tube.
  2. 2. the equipment according to claim 1 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that also include:Worm and gear machine Structure;
    The linear reciprocating mechanism is connected by the worm-and-wheel gear with the drive mechanism.
  3. 3. the equipment according to claim 2 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that the back of the chopper is set There is sawtooth;
    The linear reciprocation travelling mechanism includes:Disk and pendulum;
    The gear teeth are provided with the arc tips of the pendulum, the gear teeth and the sawtooth match;
    Dead slot is provided with the balance staff of the pendulum;
    Screen post is provided with the disk, the screen post is arranged in the dead slot.
  4. 4. the equipment according to claim 3 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that the worm-and-wheel gear bag Include:Worm gear and worm screw;
    The disk is connected by timing belt with the worm gear;
    The worm gear connects with the worm screw;
    One end of the worm screw is connected by gear with the output end of the drive mechanism.
  5. 5. the equipment according to claim 2 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that the output of the drive mechanism End is connected with the cutaway disk of the Geneva mechanism.
  6. 6. the equipment according to claim 5 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that also include:Gear drive machine Structure, drive link;
    One end of the drive link is connected with the center of the sheave of the Geneva mechanism;
    The other end of the drive link is connected with the gear drive;
    The gear drive is connected with the clamp structure.
  7. 7. the equipment according to claim 6 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that the gear drive bag Include:First travelling gear, the second travelling gear and the 3rd travelling gear;
    First travelling gear is provided with the other end of the drive link;
    First travelling gear and second travelling gear engagement;
    3rd travelling gear and second travelling gear engagement;
    The clamping device is connected with the center of circle of the 3rd travelling gear.
  8. 8. the equipment according to claim 7 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that the sheave is four indexing troughs Wheel.
  9. 9. the equipment for being applied to bamboo furniture processing according to claim 2 to 8 any one, it is characterised in that also include: Shell;
    The linear reciprocating mechanism, the drive mechanism, the Geneva mechanism and the worm-and-wheel gear may be contained within The inside of the shell;
    The clamping device is arranged at the outside of the shell.
  10. 10. the equipment according to claim 9 suitable for bamboo furniture processing, it is characterised in that the shell offers recessed Groove, the groove are used to place the chopper and be oriented to the chopper to carry out straight reciprocating motion.
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